Books by Mark Greif

The Age of the Crisis of Man: Thought and Fiction in America, 1933–1973

by Mark Greif

(24 reviews)

A compelling intellectual and literary history of midcentury America In a midcentury American cultural episode forgotten today, intellectuals of all schools shared a belief that human nature was under threat. The immediate... See More

Against Everything: On Dishonest Times

by Mark Greif

(34 reviews)

A brilliant collection of essays from one of the most highly acclaimed young writers in the US Against Everything is a thought-provoking study and essential guide to the vicissitudes of everyday life under... See More

Octomom and the Politics of Babies

by Mark Greif

(10 reviews)

Eight babies. A financial crash. The porn offers. The infant formula. How one woman became a scapegoat for America's troubles--but taught us how both the mighty and the powerless are gaming our system. This comic... See More

n+1 Issue 8: Recessional

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Recessional, Fall 2009: the editors on Marxism, Mark Greif on gay marriage and abortion, Elif Batuman's epic "Summer in Samarkand" (Part One), Marco Roth on the rise of the neuronovel, Emily Witt on Mozambique's cinema... See More

n+1 Issue 1: Negation

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(3 reviews)

Negation, Fall 2004: Inaugural issue. Polemics against the New Republic, McSweeney's, and the Weekly Standard, Mark Greif's "Against Exercise" and "Mogadishu, Baghdad, Troy," Keith Gessen's "Eggers, Teen Idol," Benjamin... See More

n+1 Issue 10: Self-Improvement

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Self-Improvement, Fall 2010: the editors on MFA vs. NYC literary culture and elitism, Kristin Dombek's "The Two Cultures of Life," an excerpt from Sheila Heti's How Should a Person Be?, Marco Roth on racism and American... See More

n+1 Issue 3: Reality Principle

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Reality Principle, Fall 2005: James Wood's "Apologia Pro Vita Sua," Andrew Bujalski on independent filmmaking, Mark Greif's "Radiohead, or the Philosophy of Pop," Benjamin Kunkel's "Or Things I Did Not Do or Say," Marco... See More

n+1 Issue 4: Reconstruction

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Reconstruction, Spring 2006: a symposium on American literature, including Benjamin Kunkel's "The Novel," Keith Gessen's "Money," and Elif Batuman's "Short Story," Philip Connors on life at the Wall Street Journal, Mark... See More

n+1 Issue 5: Decivilizing Process

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Decivilizing Process, Winter 2007: the editors on cell phones, blogs, and email, Basharat Peer's memoir of Kashmir, Eli Evans on Milwaukee. Keith Gessen's "Torture and the Known Unknowns," a fable by Benjamin Kunkel, a... See More

n+1 Issue 9: Bad Money

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Bad Money, Spring 2010: the editors on webism, Mark Greif on Octomom and the recession, Emily Witt on the Miami real estate boom, the conclusion of Elif Batuman's "Summer in Samarkand." Full Employment Now! Drug wars in... See More

Solutions from Hell (n+1 ebooks Book 3)

by Mark Greif

The third in a series of limited edition ebooks featuring hits from the n+1 archives, Solutions from Hell collects writing about the wars of the past ten years, as our Congress debates the question of whether our country... See More

n+1 Issue 22: Conviction

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Spring 2015, Conviction: Who polices the police? Are millennials real? Philip Connors loses his youth; Dayna Tortorici falls through Ferrante; Brandon Harris slogs through the latest Spike Lee. Fiction by Christine Smallwood. See More

n+1 Issue 35: Savior Complex

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Fall 2019, Savior Complex: Abolish private property. I was a teenage telemarketer. Lorelei Lee on sex work and consent. Not-boyfriends, no girlfriends. Pre-mourning diary. Mark Greif reads the Mueller Report. Thinking about... See More